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... sigh , the breakers roar , And shrieks the wild sea - mew . Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee , My native land - good night . ADMONITION- -see Advice . Crabbe , Tales . Byron , Ch ...
... sigh , the breakers roar , And shrieks the wild sea - mew . Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee , My native land - good night . ADMONITION- -see Advice . Crabbe , Tales . Byron , Ch ...
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... sighs for golden locks and azure eyes ; That , for the gloss of sable tresses dies . In wit , as nature , what affects our hearts , Is not th ' exactness of peculiar parts ; ' Tis not a lip or eye we beauty call , But the joint force ...
... sighs for golden locks and azure eyes ; That , for the gloss of sable tresses dies . In wit , as nature , what affects our hearts , Is not th ' exactness of peculiar parts ; ' Tis not a lip or eye we beauty call , But the joint force ...
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... sigh , And oft renew'd , seem'd oft to die , With breathless pause between , O who with speech of war and woes , Would wish to break the soft repose Dryden . Thomson , Spring . Byron , Lara . Of such enchanting scene ! Scott , Lord of ...
... sigh , And oft renew'd , seem'd oft to die , With breathless pause between , O who with speech of war and woes , Would wish to break the soft repose Dryden . Thomson , Spring . Byron , Lara . Of such enchanting scene ! Scott , Lord of ...
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... sighs , your heart : Write till your ink be dry ; and with your tears Moist it again ; and frame some feeling line , That may discover such integrity . Sh . Two G. of Ver . III . 2 . She is a woman , therefore may be woo'd ; She is a ...
... sighs , your heart : Write till your ink be dry ; and with your tears Moist it again ; and frame some feeling line , That may discover such integrity . Sh . Two G. of Ver . III . 2 . She is a woman , therefore may be woo'd ; She is a ...
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... sighs and tears , and all the whining trade Of love , to feed a fair one's vanity . Thomson .. Thomson , Tancred . Trust me with women worth the being won , The softest lover ever best succeeds . So , with decorum all things carried , A ...
... sighs and tears , and all the whining trade Of love , to feed a fair one's vanity . Thomson .. Thomson , Tancred . Trust me with women worth the being won , The softest lover ever best succeeds . So , with decorum all things carried , A ...
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